Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun avulsion

2 senses of avulsion

Sense 1
avulsion -- (an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another)
       => change, alteration, modification -- (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago")

Sense 2
avulsion -- (a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another)
       => separation -- (the act of dividing or disconnecting)